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Wow, 62 miles a week! kudos to you, i have only recently started going into the 50 miles per week range.

I find that the hunger tends to follow the effort / heart rate zone. If i'm pushing pretty hard, i feel a deeper need to refuel. As a great example, I did a 20 miler yesterday morning and kept it around a 9:40 pace which is slightly above zone 3 for me. I probably ate around 1800 calories yesterday, maybe under...

I forgot where I read it, but i think it was in "The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living". It basically said that when you are in ketosis, it is not that your body's calorie requirement is different, it is that your body is providing the extra calories for you from your own fat.

Edit: forgot to add, yes.. According to my HRM, i burned approximately 3,000 calories from yesterday's run..

Are you carbing up because of fatigue in the middle of the run, or more for a boost of energy?

My non-keto running mate has to carry a water bottle, gels and chocolate bars - even for ~20km runs. I find IF and keto an asset because even on my 30km+ runs I don't feel as though I need any carb-up and my fluid intake is only a couple of sips from a water fountain on my path. Have you tried long runs without the gels?